New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-10
A DAY WITH THE MAYOR.
HIs TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS AND ODD EA-
PERIENCES.

rux DEMANDS UPON HIS TIME AT THE CIrf HALL
MANY QUEER CALLERS
Nav.york ia big town and 1t 10 no light matter
n IA Mavor of IT, One can hardly imagine .n0
.nnovances the perplexities. the ootnor".ion'' no
m,srer Presentations and tho burdens wh.c" n,a s
must endure who yields to his amDition or NO
..r,. ~ duty and consents to become the Mayor Oh
$500 ri course there are Mayors aud Mayors.
m. nolitical Mayor who takes a commercial view
A. His northumberland the cty's history Is not
v;tbout cases of this kind-probably lost neither
hair. color nor sleep in staggering under load Oh
pubho responsibility. But the Mayor who con-
s,ientiously accepts the good of the people as the
compass of his course has pretty hard time OF IT,
4 This the present occupant OF the ClIy hsii No ,
done in GOOD faith. This 10 the first time Mr. He"i'
has had good opportunity to serve the entire peo
ple of his native city. and ne means W inaAo "i0
term notable by the conspicuous devoton no pays
En- what he conceves to be their real ana Dest in'or
s.,. He ia full of zeal and earnestness ana is prng
ing ALI his force to bear upon the Accomplishment.
80 nro;ects of Improvement and reform which shall
not be merely q ten-days sensation, but which
,smain lasting in their operation to the citys en-
during benefit.
One of the most necessary qualifications OF use
ful Mayor is strong sense OF humor. II no nsS
that TO relieve him. he can grow fat ana run INC
town at the same time. There arc lois OF OCCUR
rences in the Mayors Office funny enough to make
aalt herring smile If he be so unfortunate as 70
lack appreciation. the chances are ten TO one 'na'
whom hts term of Office is over he won't nave si8n
of . liver. good story 10 told OF. an on'cious
rneddlesome person who was always getting hi"sei
and other people into the most wretcnea mos:os on
account of well-meant but alw avs misplaced inSor
faronces. He lived somewhere in jersey ana
travelled. as thousands of suburban residents 90
hank and forth from New-York on the trains every
day. Late one evening while going homo ne espioa
a gentleman sitting in the car few seats aheao VI
him asleep. The train had just pulled up az
station, and the meddlesome man thougnt IL was
tho town where the sleeping man lived. Knowing
how extremely annoying it would be TO be cairieu
mast his house. he rushed up to the sleeper. SHOOK
him vigorously ana calico, Wake mp wake up
Won get out here p The man woke, rubbed MS eyes,
and hurried out only to find himself IN strange
r,.os ton niles from his home The train was
gliding off and he ran after it, shouting yociierous
" and frapticalIy waving his umbrella in the ar.
Tn. meddlesome man heard the row and poked his
head ont of the window. He thought he coInpre-
handed the situation at glance. Ah," he said'
svmpatheticallv, shes left his bagT and running
forward he picked up "a satchel, and cnucked IL
ouickly out of the window. HIS consternatlon may
be ina gned when an lrate passenger seized MIN ny
tho throat and cried. What the mischief did you
fling my bag out there for, sir r
Thi. story was once told to o citizen then occupy
ING the Mayors Office. He received 1T IN deep
silence. and then calmly remarked, How very
nroyokingw 1t is needless to add that he made an
exceedingly poor Mayor
THE DAILY SIEGE OF Mr. HEWITT
II Ia not necessary, of course, that the Mayor
himself should be o humorist. though when lie 49, 30
much the better. Mayor Hewitt is blessed with
the happy faealty of making diversion himself Ii
tho DAYS supply of fun is short. He usually comes
down to his Office in the City Hall about 10 o'clock
and STAYS till from 2 to s. From the moment OF
hi. arrival till he leaves Tor the dav he is besieged
bv persons who have, or think they have. business
With him. Mr. Hewitt and Job were not built upon
nrscisely the same lineA Each undoniably has his
advanta css bat thoughtless person would prob
ohy insst that Job had the better control over his
amotiona 1t must be remembered. however. that
Jobs tribulatious were in the main cohhnoo 10
bo;ls prom,ssory notes and domestic misfortunes
Anv comparison between JOB and Mr. Hewitt
vhca fails to take note of the fact, for instance
that the patriarch was never acquainted with the
Hon. aPaddy DIVER. or that ne had no puohc
relations with the Hon. q Fatty walsh, or that
tbsre we're no apple-women or news-stands IN the
land of w. must do obvious injustice 70 Mr'
Hewitt.
One day last week while tho Mayor was engaged
In writing an elaborate appeal to the Assembly
Comm,ttee on Cities in favor Of some highly I'M
pertant legislation. he was interrupted by ms
marshall Who said that Alderman Oblank wished
In SO him. Alderman OBlank bad not waited lor
tina marshal. Aldermen never wait. The Mayor
had not time to finish out the line before Alderman
O'Blank broke out:
aOi undershtand, Misther Mayor. thet ye hev
vatood my rsolooshin conferrin on Araygo
Vinchinzo the roight to erict paynut shtand
fsrn,ust the lamp-post in Whaxther-shtrate. Now.
cor. Misther vincbinzo is wan o my most RESPECTED
coustitooepts. He is an Eyetalian gintle-'
alderman. peanut stands are nuisance
voo't tolerate any more distractions in the -"
sBu. Msther Mayor, the Eyetalian vote in my
district Il"
al don't care that" with a snap of the fingers
9 for the Italian vote in your district, sir"
Alderman OBlanks eyes we're as big as the beer
.l.sses in his saloon. Not care for tho Italian
votsl MAYOR who vetoed resolutions without
regard to the ote
sBut, sor o. must PROTECT the inthrusts-'
Alderman
sYis, sorv'
II took an oath to support the laws when came
into this Office"
sYis, sor."
. $50 did you. but guess You have forgotten It,"
sYiS sOr-that 49, no, sor, vi remimoor al aoouo
II. sor. But the QUESTION hero Is not ono OF the
oaths What want ter know is this: VIII ye with
draw that vaytoe."
II will not"
AZ hin. sor-"
Now, It may care.sssly be Mid that JOB would
have sat there and heard tho Alderman ont. But
the trouble there is no record of Jobs ever having
been placed in such position At all events, Mayor
Hewitt didn't pause to consider the beautiful
example of that ancient tranquil spirit lie
wheeled around in his chair and said:
snow. look here; Pm busy, and haven't got
time TO bother with this thing. You and can never